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|2 Reyes 14:1|
In the second year of Jehoash [Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash; also in verses 13, 23 and 27] son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign.
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2
|2 Reyes 14:2|
He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
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3
|2 Reyes 14:3|
He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash.
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4
|2 Reyes 14:4|
The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
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5
|2 Reyes 14:5|
After the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king.
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|2 Reyes 14:6|
Yet he did not put the sons of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses where the LORD commanded: “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sins.” [Deut. 24:16]
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|2 Reyes 14:7|
He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.
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8
|2 Reyes 14:8|
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, with the challenge: “Come, meet me face to face.”
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9
|2 Reyes 14:9|
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, `Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot.
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|2 Reyes 14:10|
You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant. Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”
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